Administration officials cited cracking down on illegal immigrants on voter rolls as one of the executive order’s main goals for amplifying Trump’s grievances about election integrity.
Trump signed the latest order on Tuesday that would require more evidence of American citizenship on election forms in another aggressive push to catch and then combat voter fraud, which is very rare.
Trump has cited time and time again that it’s a major reason why he lost the election that took place in 2020.
The latest order calls for the Election Assistance Commission to force people to prove to the government that they have US citizenship for registering to vote in federal elections.
This new law would direct state of local officials to record and verify the data. It also seeks to force states to count ballots by Election Day.
The administration officials who issued such orders as one of the most far-reaching in American history, linked to elections, had cited cracking down on immigrants illegally on voter rolls as one of the order’s main goals. This amplified Trump’s longstanding grievances related to election integrity.